Water-heater.



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WATER HEATER.

AFPL|CATION FILED JAN. 26. 1914 1,212,636. Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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HERMAN J. HEIDGERKEN, OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA.

WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,510.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN J. HEIDGER- KEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philipsburg, in the county ofGranite, State of Montana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WVater-Heaters; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in water heaters, andparticularly to devices of this character in which a completecirculation of water is produced.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple device ofthis character by means of which water can be quickly and easily heated,the device being adapted for use in connection with brooders andincubators, or may be used for heating a room.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my water heater. Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal sectional view on the irregular line 44 of Fig. 2 lookingupwardly.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, represents theburner of a lamp which has the tubular wick 11. Carried by the outersleeve of the burner is a horizontal circular disk 12 provided with aplurality of draft openings 13 and a vertical peripheral flange 14.Disposed above the burner is a vertical cylinder 15, this cylinderhaving formed thereon a surrounding water jacket 16. Disposedconcentrically around the water jacket 16 and separated from this jacketby the hot airspace 17 is a second water jacket 18. The lower end ofthis outer water jacket is provided with a depending flange 19 whichrests on the disk 12 inwardly of the flange 14. In one side of thisdepending flange is a door 20 carrying a suitable pane of mica, glass orthe like.

This door makes it possible to view the burner and easily light thelamp. Extend ing across the hot air space 17 and establishingcommunication between the lower ends of the water jackets 16 and 18 is apipe 21. Disposed above the water jackets is a suitable water tank 22,and connecting the lower end of this tank with the lower end of theouter water jacket 18 is a cold water conveying pipe 23, whileconnecting the upper portion of the tank at the opposite side thereof,and 'near the upper end, with the upper end of the inner water jacket 16is a hot water conveying pipe 24, this pipe carrying the water as it isheated, into the tank. A short pipe establishes communication betweenthe upper end of the outer water jacket 18 and the pipe 24, so that thewater in the said outer water jacket will flow upwardly through the pipe24 into the tank 22, as it becomes heated.

It will be noted that the lower end of the water jacket 16 terminates ata point above the lower end of the jacket 18. This provides a space forthe circular flame from the wick and permits the flame to spread andpass up the space 17. The lower end of the dead air chamber 15 extendsbelow the lower end of the jacket 16, and terminates at a point over thecenter of the burner.

It will thus be seen that when the tank 22 and the water jackets 16 and18 are filled with water, and the wick ignited, that heat will flowbetween the inner and outer water jackets, and thoroughly heat the waterinv the jackets. As the water heats, it will rise to the upper ends ofthe jackets and flow through the pipes 24 and 25 into the tank 22, thecooler water in the lower part of the tank going down the pipe 23 andentering the acket 18 near the lower end. After the wick has beenburning for a period of time, the water in the tank 22 will all becomeproperly heated.

While I have shown the heater used in connection with an oil lamp, itwill of course be understood that a gas burner can be used as well.Also, instead of the tank 22, the

pipes 23 and 24 can be connected together and extended through a brooderor incubator so as to provide a hot water heating system therefor.

The device illustrated in the drawing'is especially valuable andapplicable to doctors and dentists offices and barber shops, as well asfor emergency use in bath rooms.

What is claimed is In a water heater, a flue, a source of heat Withinthe lower end of the flue, a water chamber formed on and surrounding theflue, a dead air chamber disposed centrally Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

within the flue and spaced therefrom, a named water chamber and thelast-named 1 Water chamber formed on and surrounding connections to thereservoir.

the dead air chamber and spaced from the In testimony whereof, I aflixmy signawall of theb flue, a conduit connecting the ture, in thepresence of two witnesses.

water cham ers a reservoir connections be- 1 tween the bottom of thefirst water chamber HERMAN 's HEIDGERKhN' and the reservoir, connectionsbetween the WVitnesses:

top of the second water chamber and the E. A. HANNAH,

reservoir and connections between the first- H. A. FEATHERMAN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

